It seems this is the story to many morals, depending on where you’re sitting. For the Robertsons, Giddens, and Harvey’s of the world, this is a great way to revel in wonky terms like glocalization and time-space compression. It also works for foregone conclusions of the bitter, self-defeating newspaper nostalgists. And the pseudo-ethnocentric job-loss lamenters.

Choose your own conclusion in search of a justification.

In bonus irony, Maureen Dowd’s column on the topic (1st link above), which appeared in yesterday’s NY Times, was quickly reprinted with highly questionable permission by the Bangkok Post.

thoughts at the collision of business, brand and creativity

I'm Ryan Cunningham. I help companies and culture play nice with each other. At CREATURE we call this Brand Strategy, a term that carries a nice halo of reliability and structure. Here, I'm just another guy who thinks about the world and writes it down from time to time.

The result is a pile of knowledge to be used in, and for, the future. Feel free to sift through the heap for useful connections.